News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Republican Congressman Rob Wittman on Thursday called the US killing of three Indian sailors off the coast of Oman “a very, very unfortunate incident”, claiming that the US military is trying to “determine exactly what happened”. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to those Indian families who lost their loved ones there in that situation,” Wittman told the South China Morning Post. “I know that our United States military is looking into that to try to determine exactly what happened there, but...
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BBC News
June 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Relatives urge Indian authorities for answers after receiving the misidentified, and in one case mixed, remains of their loved ones.
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BBC News
June 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Relatives urge Indian authorities for answers after receiving the misidentified, and in one case mixed, remains of their loved ones.
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
A Malaysian mother of two broke down in tears as she begged for leniency from the sharia High Court in Melaka for attempting to have sex with another woman’s husband last year. According to Sinar Harian, the accused, Siti Iqbar Mazlan, 35, during the proceedings before Judge Abu Bakar Daud on Thursday said that she regretted her actions and also apologised to the man’s wife, Puteri Norfatimah Ishak, 25. According to the charges, Siti Iqbar and Hairul Mokhsin Zaini, 24, were found to have...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Prices for some new homes in Hong Kong have rebounded by as much as a third from the housing market’s lowest level a few years ago amid robust demand, according to analysts. Developers have priced new units this year in Tseung Kwan O, Wong Chuk Hang and Tai Wai between 7 and 36 per cent higher than those sold in the same projects or in the same districts in previous years, data tracked by JLL showed. The consultancy said that on average, prices for the first sales in new developments this year...
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Tajikistan News
June 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Los Angeles [US], June 12 (ANI): Actor Jennifer Lawrence has been roped in to star in a romantic comedy titled 'One Month Mark'. Notably, she will also produce the project. David Ready and Peter Chernin of Chernin Entertainment, one of the companies behind horror hit Backrooms, are producing along with Lawrence, who is producing via her Excellent Cadaver banner, as well as Lawrence's producing partner, Justine Ciarrocc
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Turkmenistan News
June 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Los Angeles [US], June 12 (ANI): Actor Jennifer Lawrence has been roped in to star in a romantic comedy titled 'One Month Mark'. Notably, she will also produce the project. David Ready and Peter Chernin of Chernin Entertainment, one of the companies behind horror hit Backrooms, are producing along with Lawrence, who is producing via her Excellent Cadaver banner, as well as Lawrence's producing partner, Justine Ciarrocc
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Los Angeles [US], June 12 (ANI): Actor Jennifer Lawrence has been roped in to star in a romantic comedy titled 'One Month Mark'. Notably, she will also produce the project. David Ready and Peter Chernin of Chernin Entertainment, one of the companies behind horror hit Backrooms, are producing along with Lawrence, who is producing via her Excellent Cadaver banner, as well as Lawrence's producing partner, Justine Ciarrocc
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday confirmed it will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange Friday in the biggest initial public offering in history, a blockbuster market debut that could propel the entrepreneur to trillionaire status. In a filing with the US markets regulator, the company priced more than 555 million shares at US$135 each, placing SpaceX in the top 10 of Wall Street’s biggest companies with a valuation of just under US$1.8 trillion. It will be valued more than Musk’s own Tesla car...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The United States must ensure the next chapter of responsible innovation is written in America, not in China, lawmakers and witnesses told a congressional hearing on Thursday as they sounded the alarm over US-China competition for global supremacy in artificial intelligence (AI). “Cyber security and national security must be taken seriously. The United States cannot afford to let China or any other adversary gain a technological edge in artificial intelligence,” said Tim Scott, chairman of the...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
A Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a suspect in the investigation into a shooting attack that damaged the facade of the US consulate in the Canadian city in March, police said. One 19-year-old suspect was in custody at a hospital in critical condition while officers searched for a second suspect, who was identified as 19-year-old Zara Jabbi and was considered armed and dangerous, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said at a news conference. “I urge you to turn yourself in,”...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Taiwan’s representative to the United States expressed confidence that Washington would approve a new round of arms sales to Taiwan, though US President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on the matter. Asked on Thursday about a pending US$14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan, Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taipei’s de facto diplomatic envoy, told CNN: “It’s up to President Trump to decide. Once the review is done, we expect that the sale, that the announcement will be made because we need those arms...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
For much of the reform era, the United States occupied a special place in the Chinese imagination. When I was growing up in China in the 1980s, the US – or meiguo, the “beautiful country” – was more than a country. It was an idea. Many Chinese, myself included, associated it with prosperity, freedom, scientific innovation and a functioning democracy. Even those who disagreed with American foreign policy often admired its institutions and power. That admiration survived many shocks: the Belgrade...
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Turkmenistan News
June 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images)Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Belgium's Hanne Vandewinkel. Austria's Anastasia Pota
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images)Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Belgium's Hanne Vandewinkel. Austria's Anastasia Pota
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Tajikistan News
June 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
(Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images)Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania saved 8 of 9 break points and knocked off No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.The only seeded player to advance Thursday was Czech No. 8 Barbora Krejcikova, a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Belgium's Hanne Vandewinkel. Austria's Anastasia Pota
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News - South China Morning Post
June 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
A Chinese biotechnology company sued the US government on Thursday over being placed on a list of businesses from China that the US Department of Defence has linked to that country’s military. WuXi AppTec filed its complaint in the Washington federal court, calling its inclusion on the list arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the facts and “the product of political pressure”. It also accused the US government of inflicting substantial reputational and operational harm by branding it a...
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first India versus Afghanistan ODI scheduled for Friday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble expressed happiness at inclusion of pacer Prince Yadav in the squad, saying that he should be given a chance in the playing XI, pointing out his 'strong temperament' while bowling tough overs for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The t
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Tajikistan News
June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first India versus Afghanistan ODI scheduled for Friday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble expressed happiness at inclusion of pacer Prince Yadav in the squad, saying that he should be given a chance in the playing XI, pointing out his 'strong temperament' while bowling tough overs for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The t
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Turkmenistan News
June 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Ahead of the first India versus Afghanistan ODI scheduled for Friday, former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble expressed happiness at inclusion of pacer Prince Yadav in the squad, saying that he should be given a chance in the playing XI, pointing out his 'strong temperament' while bowling tough overs for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The t
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